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How low can political discourse sink? Conservative commentator Ann Coulter writes in her new book about four New Jersey widows whose husbands were killed on 9/11, leaving them with seven children. The women pushed for the creation of the 9/11 commission. Coulter calls them "the Witches of East Brunswick.''
The Attack
Coulter: "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much. ... These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. ...''
The Response
Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democrat: "Perhaps her book should have been called Heartless. I know a lot of the widows and family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. They never wanted to be a member of a group that is defined by the tragedy of what happened.''
New York Gov. George Pataki, Republican: "The hurt is real, the pain is real, the suffering 4½ years later has not lessened to any appreciable degree.''
Widows Kristen Breitweiser, Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg and Patty Casazza: "... There was no joy in watching men that we loved burn alive. There was no happiness in telling our children that their fathers were never coming home again. We adored these men and miss them every day.''
Footnote
Godless: The Church of Liberalism was Amazon.com's top seller Thursday.